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Structured Hiring

Assessing candidates against the real work, with the same questions and scoring for everyone.

What is Structured Hiring?

Assessing candidates against the real work, with the same questions and scoring for everyone.

What you learn

Test the work the job needs, the same way for everyone.

When it helps

you’re hiring, or interviewers use different standards.

Use it at work

  1. List the tasks the job needs most.
  2. Turn each into an exercise or question.
  3. Agree the scoring before interviews start.
  4. Score each candidate on your own first, then compare.

Your output

For your next hire, write the three tasks the job needs most. Turn each into an exercise, and score every candidate the same way.

Watch for

Asking whatever questions come to mind, or judging by gut feel.

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